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I am delghted to assist them in the use of the track and I would like to come up with ideas how to utilize the facility.

A few quick thoughts, comments are solicited.

There will be absolutely no racing or timing used, we can't insure this activity.
There may be professional rider training but that may would take place off the track. This training might include some exercises on the track but there would be plenty of open time for people not taking a course.

For open time there should be a very small fee of which 100% would be donated to the official rally charity. Perhaps we could do "laps for kids".

We could also do a 1/2 "track day" with some instruction and then practice time on the track. It would be peer instruction vs professional training.

I ride a GS but dont know anything about taking it in the dirt. I bought it with the intention of learning how to dirt ride. Any instruction would be a great help.

a very popular event for a number of years at the Georgia Mountain Rally has been off-road riding course for beginners. our big problem was having obstacles that were increasingly difficult as students gained skills.

we've stopped doing it, mainly for that reason.

an MX track would be ideal, as long at the whole thing wasn't mud and/or sand, since people could choose what they felt comfortable tackling.

maybe we can coordinate with BMW to bring a healthy selection of the X bikes, and maybe a 450 or three, to play with?

In the absence of pro instruction I think some light peer-to-peer training with associated hands-on time would be really neat.

As a thought for future rallies, there is a DS rally here in Washington that offers an extra fee MSF based off-road course as one of the activities. Similar to the ERC courses that have been run in the past, I think it might hgave a pretty good attendance.

Steve
"...your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride" A. Bourdain

In the absence of pro instruction I think some light peer-to-peer training with associated hands-on time would be really neat.

As a thought for future rallies, there is a DS rally here in Washington that offers an extra fee MSF based off-road course as one of the activities. Similar to the ERC courses that have been run in the past, I think it might hgave a pretty good attendance.

Agreed!

The only drawback is many of the sites we use don't have the facility or close proximity to good dirt. The other is the MSF has very exact specifications for their traning range for pavement instruction. I wonder if they have similar requirements for dirt instruction.

This year we have the MX track so we are looking for ways to get the maximum benefit.

I did contact BMW about getting a few instructors from their school in Spartenburg. Of course July is their busy season too so it can't be done.
It is too bad as they were excited at the potential of giving our members a chance to get more comforatable with their bikes and a sample of their training.